Home robbery forces changes in habits

Monday

Nov 26, 2012 at 12:01 AM

No more cash in the house.

To the individual who broke into my house Nov. 15 while my wife and I were out: I want to thank you for not vandalizing or destroying the inside of my home or stealing our TV or computer. You did ransack our bedroom, taking the money my wife had put aside to pay the monthly bills such as gas, electric, phone, and doctors.

My wife is old school. She does not do online banking and only goes to the bank when she has the money to deposit so she can write a check. That will change from now on — no more cash in the house.

You also stole the $4,000 my wife has been saving for the past two years so we can visit our daughter-in-law and son stationed in Germany. He is to be given leave from Afghanistan this May and we were planning to visit him before he went back.

We are in our 60s, and the money my wife was saving was called her “Hug Our Son Trip,” which will now have to be postponed. We just pray that you will use the money you stole to help some of the needy this holiday season. We will eventually catch up with our bills after a few phone calls as to why they will be late, and my wife will start to save again for our “Hug Our Son Trip.”

If you are only going to use the money you stole for drugs, alcohol or personal use then we believe that the good Lord will see that your justice will be served. It may not be today, tomorrow or even in this life, but we do have faith that God will see to it.

GARY GIOVINE Fountain

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